Union Cemetery (Greensboro, North Carolina)
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Union Cemetery | |
| File:Union Cemetery (Greensboro, North Carolina) 1.jpg Union Cemetery, September 2012 | |
| Location | 900 blook S. Elm St., Greensboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°3′31″N 79°47′29″W / 36.05861°N 79.79139°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| MPS | Greensboro MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001142[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 21, 1993 |
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Union Cemetery, also known as South Elm Street Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The cemetery for African-Americans was established in 1882. Union retains 97 gravemarkers with death dates from 1882 to 1940. The majority of the markers date between 1901 and 1917, when the city of Greensboro closed the cemetery.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Kaye Graybeal (March 1993). "Union Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places – Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
External links
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
